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Topic: Purging installed programs (Read 1556 times)

I have a few programs I want to get rid of but don't exactly know how to do it properly.The programs are;Azureus VuzePeerguardian (PGL) I thinkCompiz (I don't use the Desktop that uses Compiz)

I also need to repair Ubuntu One as I had a go at removing it a while ago but only recently decided I wanted it back so I tried to reinstall it from the repo but it looks like it hangs and doesn’t do anything.

BE CAREFUL with that last command .. read what's going to be removed BEFORE accepting the changes, and make sure it's not going to remove anything you need.

Compiz ..Though it IS possible to remove compiz (as long as you aren't going to use Unity or Unity 2D) .. I wouldn't advise it, unless you know what you're doing .. it will definately take Unity and Unity 2D with it, and also the ubuntu-desktop meta package.

I *gather* it's safe as long as you have the gnome shell and gnome-session-fallback installed (as they use Mutter), but I've never tried .. so on your head be it

I'm also not going to give instructions how to do it .. as I don't post things I'm not sure are safe .. but you can take a look here if you wish:

Vuze & Compiz show as not installedPGL shows up on screen when rebooting (or something similar)

Ubuntu One shows as installed but doesn’t work

If vuze and compiz show as not installed in Synaptic .. then they are most likely not installed (or weren't installed from the repo's) .. what makes you think they are installed ?

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I also need to repair Ubuntu One as I had a go at removing it a while ago but only recently decided I wanted it back so I tried to reinstall it from the repo but it looks like it hangs and doesn’t do anything.